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Originally posted by SJP51 View PostSo next winter I wonder how ERCOT will replace the 1200 MW it once produced?
It would have been welcomed this last big freeze when Ercot nearly lost alll the power in Texas. The same for the plant at Montecello. I think they will implode it in the near future.
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Originally posted by Bullseye07 View PostThey miscalculated a once in a 100yr storm? Yeah ok.
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The miscalculation was reliance on BS alternate green sources as a baseline. Not winterizing the equipment the system had in place. Not investing in updating older power generating facilities, etc.
There are your miscalculations.
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Wow!!! I did not know that was going to happen. Rumors were floating around a year or so ago that a company was going to buy it and fire it back up. Maybe as a gas burner or burn western coal.
Worked a many outages there and made a ton of money. If Texas doesn’t replace some of these shut down units, we’re going to feel it in the coming summers. We have a ton of natural gas. Why not use it!!!
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Originally posted by wellingtontx View PostThe miscalculation was reliance on BS alternate green sources as a baseline. Not winterizing the equipment the system had in place. Not investing in updating older power generating facilities, etc.
There are your miscalculations.
I agree with all that. But to say that power management during a 100yr storm shows why this plant was shut down is asinine.
I know lots of people that worked at Big Brown. Used to go to FFA competitions out there in high school. I personally worked at the Jewett coal mine. My father has worked there over 25yrs and is one of the few still out there. Obviously I’m not anti-coal. What people fail to recognize is that these mines and plants were built with an expected life span(that most of them run well past) and at a certain point they lose too much money to keep them going. After you’ve been losing millions of dollars a year for while, you end up cutting your losses.
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